Nighttown

by The Walkabouts

Nighttown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:02
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Sombre gothic country bathed in nocturnal Americana atmospheres and refined chamber pop orchestrations. The album evokes a cinematic, urban melancholy wrapped in deeply mellow alternative country storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, narrative, ballad, piano, strings

Tracklist

  1. Follow Me an Angel (6:27)
  2. These Proud Streets (4:12)
  3. Tremble (Goes the Night) (4:58)
  4. Unwind (4:35)
  5. Lift Your Burdens Up (4:30)
  6. Prayer for You (5:58)
  7. Immaculate (4:04)
  8. Nocturno (1:05)
  9. Heartless (5:33)
  10. Slow Red Dawn (5:28)
  11. Harbour Lights (3:51)
  12. Forever Gone (7:33)
  13. Nightbirds (2:43)

Credits

  • The Walkabouts - primary artist
  • Glenn Slater - arranged by, band [the walkabouts are:], synthesizer [moog and other], organ, piano, mellotron
  • Tony Kroes - artwork [digital images and consultation]
  • John Baker Saunders - band [the walkabouts are:], bass
  • Terri Moeller - band [the walkabouts are:], drums, percussion
  • Carla Torgerson - band [the walkabouts are:], vocals, guitar, melodica, piano, noises
  • Chris Eckman - band [the walkabouts are:], vocals, guitar, piano, songwriter [all songs by]
  • Warren Ellis - violin

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